And today our MSc students took their bog samples into the lab - measuring N, P and DOM composition in water, and pH and EC in soil extracts.

Peatland and wetland folk - what loggers are you all using for water table these days? In the past I've used TruTracks (cheap but frequently break) and Troll 500s (great, but pricey). Any suggestions?

A really fun day at Risley Moss with our @livunigeog.bsky.social MSc students. Peat coring, pool biogeochemistry, and vegetation ID. Loads of enthusiasm from the students.

🌎 Funded PhD Opportunity | @acce-dla.bsky.social **The carbon drain: quantifying carbon removal from peatlands and forests by rivers in the Peruvian Amazon**

🚨 Funded PhD 🚨 How does the reproduction of trees respond to drought? How does this shape forest resilience to drought? Join us in Liverpool & Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social to answer this question! Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline: 7th January 🌳🌰🌲🌱🌤️🌡️

Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Really cool audio story on our recent ditch paper by @emfurd.bsky.social. Let's all pay more attention to our ditches...

Somehow managed to dodge the showers on Binsey in the northern Lake District today

A very pleasant few hours on Sale Fell in the Lake District today.

Our session on aquatic ecosystems and greenhouse gases will be running again at #EGU26. Why not get ahead of the post-Christmas last-minute rush and submit an abstract unfashionably early?

New ditch GHG paper out, led by @etechlab.bsky.social. Was fun to be involved in something with a tropical focus for a change. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PhD on carbon and greenhouse gas fluxes in ditches. Supervised by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social at Uni Glasgow with @peatymike.bsky.social, Amy Pickard (@ukceh.bsky.social ) and me. Get in touch if interested and circulate to potential candidates! 🧪 #GreenhouseGases share.google/lvswIyC9TYg5...

We are looking for a postdoc to help us develop a novel #Peatland Triage Tool as part of the RESPECT project (gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...). More details in the advert below. Vacancy details | University of Stirling share.google/t3mKgh2EZAmr... 🧪 #PeatSky #Postdoc #AcedemicJobs

It's Thursday which can only mean one thing: lab day for our 1st year @livunigeog.bsky.social undergrads. My students are out on campus @liverpooluni.bsky.social enjoying the sunshine and measuring CO2 emissions from grasses and soils.

Pick your kids up from school. Don't reply to that email at 10pm. It almost certainly can wait until the morning. Not every conference is worth it. Call bad behaviour out. Don't be afraid to stick up for yourself. You're not the only who feels that way. "No." is a complete sentence.

Was neat to be one of approximately a million authors contributing data to this new GHG synthesis. essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...

Looking for a PhD in environmental science? I will soon have an advert out for a project at @liverpooluni.bsky.social with @ukceh.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk. "Peatland drainage + rewetting across the UK uplands + lowlands" All about GHG emissions and aquatic carbon. Watch this space!

Well this is cool. A new peat paper with a possible mechanism for Will-o’-the-wisps in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The Conversation article that @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social and I wrote about the PeatPic Project and the power of harnessing people, community science and the importance of research networks is now online too theconversation.com/harnessing-t... #Peatlands #PeatColour

Migneint blanket bog with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social today, installing collars for our @water4all-eu.bsky.social project ECOWADE, + doing some pool GHG measurements for Laura's PhD. Also enjoyed visiting a new restoration site where work has just started to reprofile an eroded area of peat hags.

I really enjoyed being part of this project and paper, led excellently by @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com

Got some people together for a whisky tasting and we all brought a few bottles. Ardbeg Uigeadail was unanimously voted the best.

Looking for a PhD in aquatic carbon/GHG cycling? Take a look at this fantastic opportunity. Led by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social and with Amy Pickard, Jens-Arne Subke and me. Field + lab components, and lots of exciting science. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

"These authors contributed equally to the manuscript." This is fair enough, I've used this text in at least two papers. But how many authors can "equally contribute"? Is there a limit? I've seen examples of n = 4.

We shouldn't say peatlands act as sponges...but they can slow flow and dampen droughts. Our new paper led by Kirsten Lees onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... @peatofmind.bsky.social @peatymike.bsky.social @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social @andybairdj.bsky.social @researchleeds.bsky.social

Are you fascinated by how peatlands form and how they are impacted by human land use? I am seeking PhD students to join my lab at the Asian School of the Environment in Singapore. For more, visit dynamicpeatlands.org/phd-programme

Received a review invite from Inland Waters. No deadline given. Accepted the review to find the deadline is 10 working days. Hilarious. The race to the bottom goes on.

We have been described as "THE BEST NGO THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT" Please help by following us & reposting!!!

I really enjoyed contributing to this peatland paper. Down with the sponge analogy! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Some excellent marginalia at Norton Priory today. Beware the giant snails!

academia is broken...

News article from Virginia Institute of Marine Science about our recent ditch paper, with quotes from @ditchontologist.bsky.social, John Connolly, and me. www.vims.edu/newsandevent...

Now online (open access) in final version academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

A car full of greenhouse gas sampling collars, made by the School of Engineering workshops at @liverpooluni.bsky.social. These will go into a North Wales blanket bog for our @water4all-eu.bsky.social project ECOWADE.

Does anyone have access to this paper and, if so, could email to me (m.peacock at liverpool.ac.uk)? www.schweizerbart.de/papers/archi...

Does anyone have access to this paper and, if so, could email to me (m.peacock at liverpool.ac.uk)? www.schweizerbart.de/papers/archi...

A starter pack for people & organisations that love #ponds! Whats not to love!!! go.bsky.app/5ZMVBB1

Now online in early view academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

Just submitted our collaborative perspective piece! 🎉 It‘s all about improving accounting and mitigation of GHG emissions from ditches—sparked by the great presentations and discussions at our ditch symposium! 📈🧪👩‍🔬🌍

A successful day coring two sites on the Migneint blanket bog in North Wales with @laurabaugh94.bsky.social, @rchiverrell.bsky.social & undergrad Teleri. We'll analyse the cores for geochemistry (via XRF) and organic matter composition (infrared spectrometry).

We are gathering views on the current state of freshwater monitoring in the UK (scales, focal species & pressures). If you work in these areas, we'd love to capture your views: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online... @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco #freshwater #monitoring #data #evidence

New paper accepted in FEMS Microbiology Ecology: "Winter microbial community structure and methane-cycling potential in constructed agricultural wetlands across regions and microhabitat" For this, we sampled ~40 wetlands in two different regions of Sweden.

A few hours alone, stravaiging the Wiltshire Downs around Avebury, and with a visit to Silbury Hill (a prehistoric artificial mound). A good afternoon for cloudscapes.

Question for Picarro GasScouter users: has anyone seen this before? Our field tech has been having an issue where the analyser works normally for a little while, then goes weird and gives an error message.

An afternoon wander along the Ridgeway to Wayland's Smithy Long Barrow. Even on a sunny day I find this place has a powerful and eerie atmosphere. Then on to Uffington White Horse, which was carved ~3000 years ago.

Please follow @norfolkponds.bsky.social. Only positive messages to show the huge role of ponds in restoring nature @arc-trust.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @brecksfarmerswn.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social

A visit to @nationaltrust.org.uk Croome. The landscape is parched, the ground is cracking. But look: The River (actually an artificial waterway) is green and alive. Wetlands for the win!

Ditches, often overlooked yet widespread, shape biodiversity, ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycles— bringing both benefits and costs! A big thanks to @peatymike.bsky.social and @ditchontologist.bsky.social for spearheading and steering this paper to fruition.

Ons artikel “Lines in the Landscape” is uit! Een artikel over de vaak ondergewaardeerde rol van sloten in onze landschappen. Van inspirerende gesprekken op een ‘ditch workshop’ tot dit mooie perspective paper. Thank you @ditchontologist.bsky.social @peatymike.bsky.social

Very proud to be involved in this paper on ditches led by the marvellous @ditchontologist.bsky.social @peatymike.bsky.social. Team ditch "the Ditchers" is full of nice people in love with this underdog habitat :)